Schoolhouse evokes a way of life shared by generations of rural North Americans. It is set in 1938 in S.S. #1 Jericho School just outside the fictional village of Baker's Creek, Ontario. It is a tribute to all good teachers, but especially those young women who worked on their own shaping the lives of students by inspiring loyalty, fear and a love of learning.
Keywords: Rural, farm, children, teachers, schools, education, feminism, community, sexual abuse, bullying, child abuse, trauma, training schools, one-room schools, Great Depression, history, Canadian history, comedy, audition monologue, Bechdel test, thirties, Christmas Plays, outsiders
Year Printed: 2008
First produced in 2006 at the Blyth Festival, Blyth, ON
Running TIme: 120 minutes
Acts: 2
Male Cast: 10
Female Cast: 10